Song Quotes · Page 452

Music is, I think, the best way to... not forget, but to just escape for a moment.

— Hayley Williams

I love doing concerts, and I think my songs get another expression and energy when they are being played live.

— Astrid S

For me, pop melodies are their own thing that have their own emotion, but they don't necessarily belong exclusively in a pop…

— Kevin Parker

Music prevents many people from going over the edge. Music is a pacifier. Music is medicinal.

— Anonymous

Are we biology or God or something higher? I know my heart beats and I listen to it. The beat is biology,…

— James Frey

This is fun; consuming our music shouldn't be a responsibility like eating your spinach or something.

— Ian Williams

Throughout history the leaders of the countries have been very particular about what songs should be sung. We know the power of…

— Pete Seeger

I love singing for films because there is a story to the song; it takes you down a new road.

— Mohit Chauhan

Schizophrenia' was the first real production of the Cogumelo label. They put everything they had into it. The original album had a…

— Max Cavalera

People don't really care about lyrics anymore. It's kinda really sad, like they'll listen to something musically and has a really cool…

— Roger Miret

My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it…

— Hugh Jackman

Lizz Wright, we call her lovingly 'Amazing Grace.' She has a folk and gospel kind of approach to the music, and she…

— Dianne Reeves

Lyrics are important, but it's hard, because English isn't my first language - although it feels like it is these days! I…

— Avicii

I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before our first song was recorded.…

— Malin Akerman

I don't know of a guitar player that has only one guitar. They're never happy with one. I'm never happy with just…

— Les Paul

I was a shy kid, but somehow I knew I would make it as a performer. I'd always be telling my mum…

— Nicole Scherzinger

When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find out that it is the same in all her music.

— Anonymous

Yeah 100 per cent, I feel like I've been trying to crack the music industry now for a long time and it's…

— Megan McKenna

Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.

— Dr. Seuss

I can't believe people love my music. It just feels like a dream because that is all I ever wanted.

— Ari Lennox

One good reason about being a musician,you die but your music never dies.We still gonna download & listen to your music

— Reverb Mpumelelo

Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.

— Edgar Allan Poe

I think our first record was a fluke, really. The fact that it went platinum and all that, it was all due…

— Wayne Static

I was shy: I sang at home but not in public. My dad's side of the family sang, so I would hear…

— Ro James

Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been…

— Nat Wolff

I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.

— Nancy Sinatra

Generally, I've got to say that all sounds, musics, noises since conception are bound to have influenced me.

— Hugh Hopper

As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the…

— Greg Lake

How many people get to say they recorded a song with Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston?

— Danielle Macdonald

Getting to make the music, and having a good time doing it, is the most important thing to us.

— Isaac Hanson

Some of my favorite harmonics are located between frets. There are two really cool ones between the 2nd and 3rd frets that…

— Dimebag Darrell

I just wanted to write about stuff that was happening in real life, and that's not just love songs about your girlfriend.

— Rick Nielsen

Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.

— Chuck Mangione

“So now, I sit beneath the banyan tree With humility, devotion, and tranquillity To listen, learn, and experience The songs of the…

— Vinod Varghese Antony

'Last Friday Night'... I just heard a song, and I just liked Katy Perry ever since.

— Bam Adebayo

Elvis does his own singing and selects his own songs for his records. Hundreds of songs are submitted to him. I don't…

— Colonel Tom Parker

You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.

— Alan Palomo

There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in

— Brian May

It is the pull of opposite poles that stretches souls. And only stretched souls make music.

— Eric Hoffer

People, despite having the common interest in our band, might not be friends before meeting at a show. It's great bringing families…

— Liv Bruce